Chronological Period/20th Century
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The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge
$20.00 Add to cartPaul Preston is the world’s foremost historian of Spain. This surging history recounts the struggles of the 1936 war in which more than 3,000 Americans took up arms. Tracking the emergence of Francisc… [more below]
- Author: Preston, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0393329879
- Language: English
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The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet
$16.99 Add to cartWhen the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History reclassified Pluto as an icy comet, the New York Times proclaimed on page one, “Pluto Not a Planet? Only in New York…. [more below]
- Author: Degrasse Tyson, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 02 2014
- ISBN10: 0393350363
- Language: English
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Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution
$24.00 Add to cartThe dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China’s 1949 Communist revolution–a heartrending precursor to the struggles faced by emigra… [more below]
- Author: Zia, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0345522338
- Language: English
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The Last Palace: Europe’s Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House
$22.00 Read moreA sweeping yet intimate narrative about the last hundred years of turbulent European history, as seen through one of Mitteleuropa’s greatest houses–and the lives of its occupants
When Norman Eisen m- Author: Eisen, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0451495799
- Language: English
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A Room with a View
$8.00 Read moreIn common with much of his other writing, this work by the eminent English novelist and essayist E. M. Forster (1879-1970) displays an unusually perceptive view of British society in the early 20th ce… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Forster, E. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 12 1995
- ISBN10: 0486284670
- Language: English
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China at War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China
$35.00 Read moreChina’s mid-twentieth-century wars pose extraordinary interpretive challenges. The issue is not just that the Chinese fought for such a long time–from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 1937 unti
- Author: Van de Ven, Hans
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0674983505
- Language: English
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Exploration and Conquest: The Americas After Columbus: 1500-1620
$11.99 Read moreChristopher Columbus was not the first to discover the Americas, but his voyages led to European exploration of the New World. Rich in resources and natural beauty, the Americas were irresistible to g
- Series: American Story (Paperback)
- Author: Maestro, Betsy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 25 1997
- ISBN10: 688154743
- Language: English
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To Move the World: Jfk’s Quest for Peace
$21.00 Read moreAn inspiring look at the historic foreign policy triumph of John F. Kennedy’s presidency–the crusade for world peace that consumed his final year in office–by the New York Times bestselling author o… [more below]
- Author: Sachs, Jeffrey D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 02 2014
- ISBN10: 0812985125
- Language: English
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A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
$8.99 Read moreAn introduction to one of the most outstanding Americans of the twentieth century, perfect for young readers.
Born in 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up to become a civil rights leader whose philo- Series: Picture Book Biography
- Author: Adler, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 1989
- ISBN10: 0823408477
- Language: English
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The Soul of a Lion: The Life of Dietrich Von Hildebrand
$17.95 Add to cartDietrich von Hildebrand, widely regarded as one of the great Catholic philosophers of the 20th century, is well-known for his numerous books, but, until this present work, not much has been known of h… [more below]
- Author: Von Hildebrand, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: August 22 2000
- ISBN10: 089870801X
- Language: English
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Correspondence
$16.50 Add to cartPaul Celan (1920-70) is one of the best-known German poets of the Holocaust; many of his poems, admired for their spare, precise diction, deal directly with its stark themes. Austrian writer Ingeborg … [more below]
- Series: German List
- Author: Celan, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0857426427
- Language: English
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No Entry Zone
$24.99 Read moreThis humorous satire on communist Poland in the 1970’s takes place in an imaginary hotel deep in the Tatra Forest of Poland. Based on a story within a story recounted to the author, the hotel is a lux… [more below]
- Author: Roman, Romuald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798888550038
- Language: English
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Hegewisch
$24.99 Read moreFounded in 1884 as the company town of the United States Rolling Stock Company, Hegewisch became Chicago’s most remote and isolated neighborhood in 1889. Surrounded by waterways and railroads, the com… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Ogorek, Cynthia L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160660
- Language: English
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The King of Skid Row: John Bacich and the Twilight Years of Old Minneapolis
$16.95 Read moreThe story of a much different Minneapolis, through the words and photographs of one of its most colorful characters–now in paperback
City blue laws drove the liquor trade and its customers–hard-dr
- Author: Shiffer, James Eli
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1517916593
- Language: English
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The Untold Story of Michael Collins: Apollo 11 Pilot
$31.32 Read moreMost people have heard about Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s 1969 moon landing. But there was another important crew member on that mission who’s often forgotten–the command module pilot Michael Col… [more below]
- Series: First But Forgotten
- Author: Lusted, Marcia Amidon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669015947
- Language: English
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover
$9.99 Read moreHarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER was banned on its publication in 1928, creating a storm of controversy. Lawrence tells
- Series: Collins Classics
- Author: Lawrence, D. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0008609810
- Language: English
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Monadnock Originals: Colorful Characters from New Hampshire’s Quiet Corner
$23.99 Read moreThe Monadnock Region has been referred to as New Hampshire’s “forgotten corner.” It is a quiet region known for its historic New England villages and beautiful natural landscape. Overlooked tales from… [more below]
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Rumrill, Alan F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152641
- Language: English
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Mig-21 “Fishbed”: Opposing Rolling Thunder 1966-68
$23.00 Read moreUsing archival photographs sourced directly from Vietnam, specially commissioned diagrams and combat accounts from veterans, Istvç–£ Toperczer reveals how the MiG-21 defended Vietnam between 1966 and
- Series: Dogfight #8
- Author: Toperczer, István
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1472857569
- Language: English
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The Blitz 1940-41: The Luftwaffe’s Biggest Strategic Bombing Campaign
$25.00 Read moreAn illustrated history of how the Luftwaffe intended ‘the Blitz’ to knock Britain out of the war, emphasising the German point of view and detailing how Britain’s defences and civilians responded.
The- Series: Air Campaign #38
- Author: Hale, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1472857887
- Language: English
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F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963-73
$23.00 Read moreWith specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the ‘last of the gunfighters’, as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG t
- Series: Dogfight #7
- Author: Davies, Peter E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1472857542
- Language: English
